Labour Day Weekend 2

A Taste of Playa

This was a special event in Playa del Carmen on Saturday from 3 to 9PM. Thirty five restaurants prepared displays and had food samples, from wine, seafood, traditional mexican cuisine to dessert crepes. You bought tickets, each worth 10 pesos or one dollar. The booths asked either 1 or 2 tickets for a sample.
I took this photo, because of my love of candy floss (thanks to Clarksdale Public School)! I laughed when I saw this man because he was not actually part of the event but knew that perhaps he could sell his product. Often on the streets in Playa you will see candy floss being sold like this. They visit many places. For those of you that read Alfredo´s birthday post, I bought candy floss at his birthday party! You can buy pink, purple or blue for 20 pesos, 2 dollars. There you go, for my sophisticated taste!!!!






Alfredo awaits a chocolate fruit crepe for dessert. He had bananas, strawberries, kiwi and crushed nuts in his crepe. Of course, he shared with me.

From a Taste of Playa website:

Each year, Taste of Playa will donate proceeds from the event to a local non-profit food or clean water program. The goal of the Taste of Playa is to help develop and sustain community programs that will have a positive effect on the residents of Playa del Carmen and the Riviera Maya.

This event was non profit and the proceeds went to an international school just outside Playa del Carmen. The school´s philosophy is based on Waldorf principals. YOU REALLY MUST CHECK OUT THE SCHOOL´S WEBSITE. They quote world leaders such as Gandhi (home page) and St Francis of Assisi.

I love the following quote from their admission pages:

There is no uniform, but clothes and shoes are not permitted with pictures of superheroes, cartoons, brand names or advertising.

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